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Speaking of hollow cores...
Today in Inside Higher Ed, Union College physics professor Chad Orzel writes about the often willful ignorance of basic math and science among students and faculty in the humanities and social sciences. Science and math majors don't expect much sympathy when they grouse about having to take humanities courses, yet according to Professor Orzel, some humanities professors take a perverse pride in not having gone beyond "Rocks for Jocks" or "Math Made Easy." This is undoubtedly a product of the nationwide gutting of the core curriculum, as fewer and fewer students are required to take rigorous coursework in all of the major areas of academic inquiry -- including math and science. ACTA documented this phenomenon in our 50-college study The Hollow Core, which demonstrated the decline of general education and its ramifications. Professor Orzel's lament is just the tip of the iceberg.
Posted by Sandra E. Czelusniak at August 4, 2008 03:35 PM
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When will ACTA speak up about the most serious and systemic form of corruption in higher education: sports corruption. This is just one story today from literally hundreds over the course of any given year:
http://www.margaretsoltan.com/?p=4354
The trustees of public higher education are responsible for permitting what are essentially organized criminal operations on their campuses. When will ACTA speak up about this?
Posted by: reader at August 4, 2008 07:19 PM